TitleAn Ageing Europe. Challenges of the European Senior Service Sector

Product Typematerial for open learning

Marketing TextThe study provides a pan-European review of the senior services sector, identifying current practices and challenges as well as potential opportunities for the sector in light of demographic and societal changes across Europe.
The core value of this comparative study is definition and scrutiny of 10 key challenges for the ageing European societies, originating from the comparative research in 20 countries.

DescriptionThe content:
Mapping the European Senior Service Sector
• Common features and differences
• Responsibilities and variety of services
• Trends and strategies

10 Challenges for the ageing Europe
• Ensuring sufficient recruitment and retention strategies
• Need of new collaboration patterns
• Matching changes in demand for senior services
• Balancing service level funding
• Housing measures to support independence
• Technologies to support independence
• Changes in competence areas and in VET
• Long term care and special groups
• Challenges of globalisation and migration
• Changing the image of the care sector

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